Truth Initiative, the nonprofit organization behind the award-winning national youth tobacco prevention campaign, truth®, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year so it seemed like a good time to catch up with Christy Hartsell, vice president of corporate partnerships and co-marketing.While the youth smoking rate dropped to historic lows – today 5.4 percent (about 1.3 million) of American teens smoke – e-cigarettes may be turning back the clock on progress in the fight against tobacco and addicting a new generation to nicotine, with the Surgeon General declaring the rise in youth vaping an “epidemic” last year.
Take 5: Jill Davis, Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, Share Our Strength| No Kid Hungry
Jill serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships and Taste of the Nation at Share Our Strength where she […]
Take 5: Jo Ann Herold, Chief Marketing Officer, HoneyBaked Ham
Who doesn’t love HoneyBaked Ham? In addition to serving up delicious food, philanthropy takes a top spot on the company’s menu. As Chief Marketing Officer of HoneyBaked Ham, Jo Ann Herold champions the brand and its CSR efforts.
Take 5: Melanie LeGrande, Vice President of Social Responsibility, Major League Baseball
With Major League Baseball season kicking off this spring, we thought it was a perfect time to learn more about […]
Take 5: Paula Schneider, President and CEO, Susan G. Komen
About 154,000 women and men are living today with incurable breast cancer – metastatic disease, or breast cancer that has spread from the breast to other organs and bones. We’re in a race to save those lives. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States. It wreaks havoc on women, men and families.
Take 5: Alison Lauge, Director of Community Engagement for Goodyear
As we look ahead to 2018, one of the CSR trends we expect to address in our work is a streamlined approach to our disaster response, with a greater focus on timeliness and associate engagement. I recently heard on a CSR trends webinar, if you’re trying to make changes or put a disaster response program in place after a catastrophe has occurred, you’re too late. We agree.
Take 5: Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org
Charles Best leads DonorsChoose.org, the pioneering crowdfunding nonprofit where anyone can help a classroom in need. At DonorsChoose.org, public school teachers create classroom project requests and donors can choose the projects they want to support. Today, more than two thirds of U.S. public schools have at least one teacher who has created a project request on DonorsChoose.org, and 1.8 million people have donated $360 million to classroom projects reaching 16 million students. Let’s Take 5 with Charles!
Take 5: Nichole Krieger, Executive Director at The NASCAR Foundation
For Momentum hits the pavement with its Take 5 blog series featuring Nichole Krieger, Executive Director at The NASCAR Foundation. We are thrilled to bring you Nichole’s answers to five questions that will give you insight into The NASCAR Foundation, the cause community and Nichole.
Take 5: Marty Posch, President of Finish Line Youth Foundation
For Momentum continues its Take 5 blog series with Marty Posch, President of Finish Line Youth Foundation. We ask Marty five questions that will help you learn more about Finish Line, the cause community, and Marty himself.
